Italian wildcard Camila Giorgi delighted the crowd at the Rome Masters this afternoon with a straight-sets victory over ninth seed Dominika Cibulkova.

Giorgi broke first to take a 3-1 lead but was instantly pegged back by this year's Australian Open runner-up Cibulkova.

Giorgi was then up against it at 4-4 and had to save two break points before taking advantage of a Cibulkova wobble and claiming the set 6-4.

In the second it was world number 54 Giorgi who again moved clear first and was up 5-2 before Cibulkova rallied back to take the set into a tie-break.

Despite failing to convert a match point earlier, Giorgi came through the tie-break in convincing fashion 7-2 to reach the last 32 where she will face American qualifier Christina McHale.